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CIA Deputy Labels Bitcoin a ’Geopolitical Weapon’ Against China

CIA Deputy Labels Bitcoin a ’Geopolitical Weapon’ Against China

Author:
decryptCO
Published:
2025-05-01 18:39:10

Spooks see crypto as the new cold war chess piece—and they’re not wrong. When the CIA’s number two frames Bitcoin as a tool to ’counter’ China, it’s less about libertarian ideals and more about old-school power plays.

Decentralized finance meets centralized paranoia. Suddenly, every BTC hodler is an unwitting agent of US strategic interests—how’s that for a non-KYC compliance headache?

Wall Street will still find a way to charge 2% management fees on this ’freedom asset.’

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